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Re:Twitter is blocked in China, but its state news agency is... by dantheman on Monday August 19, 2019 @02:27PM (#20740346)
How is this any different than the New York Times or the Nightly News? They control to a large extent the news people see.
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Re:Twitter is blocked in China, but its state news agency is... by frereubu on Monday August 19, 2019 @02:33PM (#20740402)
For one, social media companies are a different kind of entity in legal terms and have different legal responsibilities.
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Re:Twitter is blocked in China, but its state news agency is... by wtdata on Monday August 19, 2019 @08:17PM (#20742870)
Because you know that what you see in NYT and NN voices mainly the opinion of their editor/journalists, while Twitter can give you the illusion that the opinions you see reaching consensus there, come from your peers.
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Re:Twitter is blocked in China, but its state news agency is... by tnolet on Monday August 19, 2019 @02:39PM (#20740456)
These are journalistic organizations. Not tech companies selling ads. Sure, newspapers sell a ton of ads, but they tend to balance the news and the commercial sides way better and more delicate than your average SV tech corps.
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Re:Twitter is blocked in China, but its state news agency is... by huac on Monday August 19, 2019 @03:35PM (#20741020)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing_Consent
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